Resource allocation and bionomics of indigenous and exotic Cotesia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species reared on Sesamia calamistis

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-415

  Hailemichael, Y ^a,c   Schulthess, F ^b   Smith Jr , J ^c   Overholt, W ^d   Chabi Olaye, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bionomic; Cotesia species; Growth index; Resource allocation; Sesamia calamistis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MAIZE; MORTALITY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; STEM BORER; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KENYA; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASP;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KENYA; LARVA; MOTHS; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASPS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KENYA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA CHILONIS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; COTESIA SESAMIAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SESAMIA CALAMISTIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47649105695     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005725     Document Type: Article

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